Badly modified cars thread Mk3

[LuS1fer]

Don1 said:

There are so many things I should hate about that . But I don t? They had an idea and stuck to it.

Agreed. It has cohesion and is not a mess.

[Johnspex]

LuS1fer said:

Don1 said:

There are so many things I should hate about that . But I don t? They had an idea and stuck to it.

Agreed. It has cohesion and is not a mess.

Im having trouble working it out- do the spokes on the wheels go forwards on one side and back on the other?

[DodgyGeezer]

Johnspex said:

LuS1fer said:

Don1 said:

There are so many things I should hate about that . But I don t? They had an idea and stuck to it.

Agreed. It has cohesion and is not a mess.

Im having trouble working it out- do the spokes on the wheels go forwards on one side and back on the other?

sadly they do - a real teeth itcher

[R4EVS]

LuS1fer said:

Don1 said:

There are so many things I should hate about that . But I don t? They had an idea and stuck to it.

Agreed. It has cohesion and is not a mess.

I take it you spotted the woodscrew and mastic trying and failing to keep the front bumper and N/S wing together?

Also the cross-eyed bonnet vents??

The cosmetic idea might not be the worst posted but it is definitely badly modified in an engineering sense.

[mac96]

R4EVS said:

LuS1fer said:

Don1 said:

There are so many things I should hate about that . But I don t? They had an idea and stuck to it.

Agreed. It has cohesion and is not a mess.

I take it you spotted the woodscrew and mastic trying and failing to keep the front bumper and N/S wing together?

Also the cross-eyed bonnet vents??

The cosmetic idea might not be the worst posted but it is definitely badly modified in an engineering sense.

Perhaps the woodscrew and mastic is the result of a repair rather than of the modification? Benefit of the doubt!

[R4EVS]

mac96 said:

Perhaps the woodscrew and mastic is the result of a repair rather than of the modification? Benefit of the doubt!

There's similar bodgery around the rear arches.

I took these pictures in person and maybe my photography is flattering some of the awfulness of this thing. Those are fake Brembos BTW.

[DaveyBoyWonder]

ATM said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/366377421358

I will eat my hat if thats a genuine LB kit. To then pair it with Japan Racing wheels that don't fit the kit right (look at that rear!) - definitely badly modified...

[mac96]

R4EVS said:

mac96 said:

Perhaps the woodscrew and mastic is the result of a repair rather than of the modification? Benefit of the doubt!

There's similar bodgery around the rear arches.

I took these pictures in person and maybe my photography is flattering some of the awfulness of this thing. Those are fake Brembos BTW.

Fair enough! Just hard ro see why anyone would stick a woodscrew in and say to themselves 'job done'!

[santona1937]

DannyScene said:

ATM said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/366377421358

I was so ready for that to be a 318d

None of the arch lines look like they meet up with the rest of the car........

[Rumblestripe]

Is there a logical explanation for this?



Looks to be a boggo Toyota Yaris in a full McLaren fancy dress.

[generationx]

Rumblestripe said:

Is there a logical explanation for this?



Looks to be a boggo Toyota Yaris in a full McLaren fancy dress.

Stickered up for LM24?

[Tony Starks]

How about an MR2 F40? At least the F355 kits bare a passing resemblance to the Ferrari.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CXbNvxCsX/

[CaptainScarlet1967]

No photograph to hand, but last night (early hours of the morning) I encountered a BMW on UK numberplates which had marble-effect paintwork.

It was approaching from behind on a motorway (abroad and not in the UK) and didn't have its headlights on. No white light or DRLs or anything.

Instead, someone had modified the angel lights so the four LED halo rings were red.

It created an optical illusion of looking like a car reversing at speed from behind.

Definitely no regard for safety or visibility (or the law for that matter), let alone taste.

[mac96]

Tony Starks said:

How about an MR2 F40? At least the F355 kits bare a passing resemblance to the Ferrari.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CXbNvxCsX/

Remove all the Ferrari badges and that wouldn't be too bad!
Probably looks worse in the flesh though.

[DannyScene]

mac96 said:

Remove all the Ferrari badges and that wouldn't be too bad!
Probably looks worse in the flesh though.

You've got to be joking! That thing looks absolutely terrible

[Dapster]

DannyScene said:

You've got to be joking! That thing looks absolutely terrible

Especially as there are some fantastic replicas available that only a Ferrari specialist would be able to differentiate from an original. This for instance

[mac96]

DannyScene said:

mac96 said:

Remove all the Ferrari badges and that wouldn't be too bad!
Probably looks worse in the flesh though.

You've got to be joking! That thing looks absolutely terrible

I suppose, provided they are well done, I quite like these things as oddities, a bit like vans made to look like something from the 1920s when actually modern.
Wouldn't want to drive one though!

[Swampy1982]

https://ebay.us/m/lQmXpt

Does this count?

[ambuletz]

It's a Mitsuoka so no.

[BenEK9]

R4EVS said:

Edited by R4EVS on Sunday 10th May 20:49

ran past this the other day in ayr...